THE SEED
WAR
PART 5
6 And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto Elparan, which is by the wilderness.
Last week we observed that the
Scripture identified the Zuzims, Emims, and Horites to be giants. Though we may deduce by their association with
these peoples that the Rephaims were also giants; we postponed that observation
to this study. It is interesting to note
that this is the first time the word “Rephaims” is found in the Scripture; and
yet, to the reader in that day, there was no question as to their identity; and
they were understandably connected with the Zuzims, Emins and Horites.
The names of these tribes have
interesting meanings.
Zuzims – Wild beasts, roving creatures
Emims - Terrors
Anakim - The long necked ones (descendants
of Anak)
Horims - Cave dwellers (name was
derived from the fact they lived/hid in the caves of Mt. Seir)
So, who were the Rephaims?
Rephaim is one of the ways the Hebrew word “rapha” is translated. It is also the primary word translated “giants” throughout the Old Testament. If a person or people was referred to as a giant, they were “rapha” or Rephaim. Put another way, ALL of the descendants of the Nephalim, were Rephaim.
Deuteronomy 2:10 The Emims dwelt therein
in times past, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims;
11 Which also were accounted giants (Rephaim), as
the Anakims; but the Moabites called them Emims.
When the fallen angels mated with human women, they produced the Nephilim. They were the first race of giants, the first hybrids. They were also the tallest and mightiest. The Nephilim also mated and produced hybrid offspring; but they were not as tall. Each succeeding generation seemed to be less tall than the prior generation as the Nephilim DNA was diluted with each hybrid mating with humans. The Nephilim were as tall as 400-450 feet. They were known as the Titans in Greek legend; and their offspring were at least 30-40 feet tall. By the time we get post-flood, we see specific giants being identified as being between 12-16 feet tall; though Amos refers to some of them being as tall as cedar trees (30-35 feet tall).
Amos 2: 9 Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.
10 Also I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and led you forty years through the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.
According to the book of Enoch, Michael, the archangel, was sent by IAUE to stir up a battle among the Nephilim; and to force the Watchers to witness their own children killing each other until they were all dead. The Watchers then were imprisoned in chains of darkness. Peter tells us in 2 Peter 2:4, that they were imprisoned in Tarturus to await their coming judgment.
Enoch 10:11 And IAUE said unto Michael: 'Go, bind Semjâzâ and his associates who have united themselves with women so as to have defiled themselves with them in all their uncleanness.
12 And when their sons have slain one another, and they have seen the destruction of their beloved ones, bind them fast for seventy generations in the valleys of the earth, till the day of their judgement and of their consummation, till the judgement that is for ever and ever is consummated.
The Nephilim killed each other to the last man; but their offspring did not kill each other. They were permitted by IAUE to live for 500 years up to the flood of Noah. The flood killed all of the terrestrial and aviary offspring of the Nephilim; but it did not kill their water-borne descendants. (I know that sounds bizarre, but the Nephilim were masters of genetic manipulation and produced chimera-like offspring with all manner of animals, even fish.)
According to Numbers 13:33, all of the post-flood giant races were identified as being of the Nephilim. Last week we recognized that there were various schools of thought on how these giants reappeared after the flood. We concluded that the “how” of it did not ultimately matter. They reappeared regardless of our being able to understand how they did. One of the ways, however, that this was possible is revealed in this term for them, the Rephaim.
Literally, “rapha” means “to invigorate.” The root word, “rafa,” means “to heal.” It is translated “giants” and also…”the dead.” This yields a most interesting understanding about the post-flood giants. Enoch tells us that the spirits of the giants that were destroyed by the flood became the restless spirits of wickedness we refer to today as demons. In the post-flood era, they were able to “reanimate,” then continue to procreate. This is the unique meaning of “to invigorate” and “to heal” behind the term “Rephaim.” This is where the legend of zombies originated. They were quite literally, “the living dead.”
Job 26:5 Dead things (the Rephaim) are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof.
The Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) reads: “Are not the giants formed from under the waters, and their neighbors?”
The Chaldeean version reads: “Can the trembling giants be regenerated, when they and their hosts are under the water?”
It is obvious from the Scriptures that
the Rephaim procreated predominantly with the bloodline of Canaan, the cursed
son of Ham. Virtually all of the giant races were Canaanite in origin during
the time of Abraham, Moses, Joshua and through the reign of David and beyond.
When it came time for Abraham’s son Isaac
to marry, Abraham forbade him to marry a Canaanite.
Genesis 24:2 And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that
ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh:
3 And I will make thee swear by IAUE, the Elohim of heaven, and
the Elohim of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the
daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:
4 But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a
wife unto my son Isaac.
When it came time for Isaac’s son
Jacob to marry, Isaac forbade him to marry a Canaanite.
Genesis 28:1 And Isaac called Jacob,
and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a
wife of the daughters of Canaan.
2 Arise, go to Padanaram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's
father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughers of Laban thy mother's
brother.
What did Esau, Jacob’s brother, do?
Genesis 28: 8 And Esau seeing that the
daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;
9 Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he
had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebajoth, to
be his wife.
If that was not clear enough, the
account is clarified a few chapters later.
Genesis 36:1 Now these are the
generations of Esau, who is Edom.
2 Esau took his wives of
the daughters of Canaan; Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah the
daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite;
3 And Bashemath Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebajoth.
When it came time for Joshua to lead
the children of Israel into the Promised Land; they were instructed to destroy
every man, woman, child and beast. They
annihilated 31 nations of giants in the land; but they did not obey the word of
IAUE. They covenanted with one race of
giants; and they failed to destroy others.
Joshua
11:2 There was none of
the Anakims left in the land of the children of Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath,
and in Ashdod, there remained.
These three cities, Gaza, Gath and
Ashdod, became three of the capitol cities of the Philistines, the one nation
that remained a constant thorn in the flesh and prick in the eyes of Israel,
even to this very day. The Hebrew word
translated “Philistine” is “Pelishtiy”
from which we get the word, “Palestine” and “Palestinian.” It (Gath) was also home to the most well-known
giant in the Scriptures, Goliath, whom David killed.
2 Samuel 21:15-22 tells the story of
the four giant (Rephaim) sons of the giant (Rephaim) (Goliath), being killed by
individual warriors of Israel.
The Rephaim still exist, today. Their bloodlines have been protected
throughout the generations of man.
Messiah spoke of this during his earthly ministry. We will pick up there, next week.
The Seed War continues.
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